 It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ;* for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but...  Literary and professional works - Page 132by Francis Bacon - 1864Full view - About this book
 | 1832 - 698 pages
...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second •Hume. causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity."* His belief he has left us in a well written confession of his faith, embracing the usual articles of... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 418 pages
...inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...confederate!, are in arms. Id. Richard III. What confederacy have you with the traitors * Id. King Lear. While the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but. when it bcholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must need fly... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pages
...Richard III. What confederacy have you with the traitors ? Id. King Lear. While the mind of man lookcth upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but. when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must need fly... | |
 | 1830 - 1098 pages
...mind of man looketh to second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest on them, and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs flee to Providence and to Deity." How strangely then do those men argue, who contend that all the phenomena... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 pages
...philosophy inclineth a man to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; — for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no furth.gr ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | 1831 - 336 pages
...and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. While the mind of man looketh at second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | 1831 - 336 pages
...and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. While the mind of man looketh at second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | John Evans - 1832 - 278 pages
...inclineth a man's mind to Atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion : for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may rest in them and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederated and linked together,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for, while the mind of man locketh upon the second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
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